Belt.



N0. 723,2-71. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1903.

P. F. HAVILAND.

BELT. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23, 1902.

10 MODEL.

WITNESSES JNVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILLIP FRANCIS HAVILAND, OF WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

BELT.

- SPE(IIIIEICAZLION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,271, datedMarch 24, 1903.

Application filed June 23,1902.

at Weymouth, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Belts; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full,

. clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to belts; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully describedand claimed. p

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the belt. Fig. 2 is a sideview of a portion of the belt.

A is the belt, and B is any approved buckle or fastening device at thefront of the belt.

The belt A is formed of sections, and C represents strips or bandsofelastic material socured to the sections of the belt which arenormally in abutment. Each belt-section has a strap D secured to it atone end and overlapping the band C and the end portion of the adjacentbelt-section. The adjacent belt-section has a guide-loop cl for thestrap D to slide in, and E is a spring-clasp for connecting the free endportion of the strap D with the belt-. section under it. Thespring-clasp E is of any approved construction, such as used forfastening gloves. The belt can be let out without using the buckle B bysimply unfastening one or both Serial No. 112,798. (No model.)

held connected by the bands of elastic material, which permit the endsof the belt-sections to separate, so that the belt adapts itself to thebody of the wearer.

Two bands of elastic material C are preferably used and are arranged oneat each side portion of the belt, with the spring-clasps at the rearportion of the belt.

What I claim is- 1. In a belt, the combination, with two beltsections,of a band of elastic material connecting the adjacent end portions ofthe said sections, a strap secured to one belt-section and overlappingthe said band, and a spring-clasp normally connecting the free endportion of the said strap with the other said belt-section,substantially as set forth.

2. In a belt, the combination, with belt-sections, of bands of elasticmaterial connecting the adjacent end portions of the said sections andarranged at the sides of thebelt, straps secured to the frontbelt-sections and overlapping the said bands, and spring-clasps normallyconnecting the free end portions of the said straps with the rearportion of the belt, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PHILLIP FRANCIS HAVILAND.

Witnesses:

CHESTER H. ROGERS, JOHN W. AHERN.

